The Hobo Camp Fire Is going well #X.. Stop In!!!

[tompm]

Good morning folks

It is currently 47 with some showers. High will be 48 with supposedly a lot of rain.

Things went along pretty much as expected this weekend. We got up 90% of the outside Christmas decorations and about half of the inside decorations. Since the new outside cover for the air conditioner arrived I covered the air conditioning unit. I pulled out a bunch of dead plants out of the front garden prior to putting up the Christmas decorations. We ran the usual errands to the grocery store and PetSmart. We also took some Amazon returns to Kohl’s. This was a milestone visit for my wife and she walked through about half of the store and actually went to the fitting rooms to try on some things. The only thing she could not do was stand in the long checkout line.

I built six Accurail kits, painted the weights for four Accurail hopper kits, and sealed several cars with gloss coat in anticipation of adding decals. Speaking of decals I worked on renumbering a couple of Lehigh & New England Accurail 40 ft wood boxcars and a LNE 36 ft single sheath wood boxcar. The decals on the 40 footers went on easy enough but they are not melting into the wood grain and board edges. The decals for the 36 footer have been a nightmare. I had two sets basically destroy themselves. The decals I got on the car look like someone glue panels on the car. I am using Micro Sol and Micro Set and I feel they are not strong enough. I found and ordered Solvaset which I have used in the past with success. Once it arrives, I will try again.

Tonight will be more Christmas decorations. After that perhaps some train running.

I hope everybody has a good day.